Minhou CountyMinhou County (simplified Chinese: 闽侯; traditional Chinese: 閩侯; pinyin: Mǐnhòu; in Fuzhounese, Foochow Romanized: Mìng-âu, IPA: /miŋ˨˩ŋɑu˨˦˨/) is a county in eastern Fujian Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the provincial capital, and lies to the south and to the west of the urban area of Fuzhou.
Long River (Fujian)The Long River or Longjiang is a river in FujianProvince, China. It starts in Putian's Hanjiang District and crosses into neighboring Fuqing in Fuzhou, where it flows into the Taiwan Strait at Haikou.The river is dammed upstream of Honglu.
FuzhouCapital of Fujian, ChinaPrefecture-level city in Fujian, ChinaFuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China, lying between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8,291,268 as of the 2020 Chinese census.
County-level cityTibetan nameTibetanརྫོང་རིམ་པ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།Mongolian nameMongolian scriptᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤᠨ ᠤ ᠡᠩ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠUyghur nameUyghurناھىيىسى دەرىجىلىك شەھەرA county-level city (Chinese: 县级市) is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China.Traditional Chinese charactersTraditional Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being simplified characters. Traditional characters predominated in written Chinese, the historical lingua franca of East Asia, until the mid-20th century. Today, they are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia.
FujianProvince in South ChinaProvince in ChinaAbbreviationSimplified Chinese闽Traditional Chinese閩Literal meaning[the Min River]Fujian is a province in southeast China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefecture city by population is Quanzhou, with other notable cities including the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou.
PinyinRomanization scheme for Standard ChineseScheme for the Chinese Phonetic AlphabetSimplified Chinese汉语拼音方案Traditional Chinese漢語拼音方案Literal meaningscheme of spelled Han language sounds This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
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Bàng-uâ-cêRomanization system of the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min Bàng-uâ-cêThe Book of Exodus in Bàng-uâ-cê, published by the British and Foreign Bible SocietyScript type Latin alphabet (modified)CreatorMoses Clark White, Robert Samuel Maclay, Caleb Cook Baldwin, Robert StewartPeriodlate 19th century – ?LanguagesFuzhou dialect of the Eastern Min languageRelated scriptsChild systemsHinghwa Romanized, Kienning Colloquial Romanized This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).Wade–GilesWade–Giles is a romanization system for the Mandarin Chinese language and the second most common transcription after Pinyin. Based on the Beijing dialect, Wade–Giles was developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert Giles's A Chinese–English Dictionary (1892). It became the system of transcription familiar in the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century.
ChinaChina, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while Shanghai is the most populous city by urban area. Its geography features the Central Plain, major rivers such as the Yangtze and Yellow River, deserts, subtropical and temperate forests, plateaus, and mountain ranges such as the Himalayas.
Prefecture-level cityA prefecture-level city (simplified Chinese: 地级市; traditional Chinese: 地級市; pinyin: Dìjíshì) or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. It usually consists of multiple sub-prefecture-level cities or towns and the surrounding countryside.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.